Robyn Longhurst

Robyn Longhurst
FRSNZ
Longhurst in 2023
Alma materUniversity of Waikato
Scientific career
FieldsHuman geography
InstitutionsUniversity of Waikato
Thesis
Doctoral advisorRichard Bedford
Evelyn Stokes[1]
Doctoral studentsLynda Johnston[2]
Other notable studentsAngeline Greensill[3]

Robyn Longhurst FRSNZ is a New Zealand human geography academician, and as of 2006 is a full professor at the University of Waikato.[4]

Academic career

After a 1996 PhD titled 'Geographies that matter: Pregnant bodies in public places' at the University of Waikato,[5] Longhurst joined the staff, rising to full professor.[4][6][7][8][9][10] Notable students include Lynda Johnston and Angeline Greensill.[11]

In 2018 Longhurst was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.[12]

Selected works

  • Longhurst, Robyn. "Semi-structured interviews and focus groups." Key methods in geography 3 (2003): 143–156.
  • Longhurst, Robyn. Bodies: Exploring fluid boundaries. Routledge, 2004.
  • Johnston, Lynda, and Robyn Longhurst. Space, place, and sex: Geographies of sexualities. Rowman & Littlefield, 2009.
  • Longhurst, Robyn, Elsie Ho, and Lynda Johnston. "Using 'the body’as an 'instrument of research': kimch’i and pavlova." Area 40, no. 2 (2008): 208–217.
  • Longhurst, Robyn. "VIEWPOINT The body and geography." Gender, Place & Culture 2, no. 1 (1995): 97–106.

References

  1. ^ Longhurst, Robyn (1996). Geographies that matter: Pregnant bodies in public places (Doctoral thesis). University of Waikato.
  2. ^ Johnston, Lynda (1998). Body Tourism in Queered Streets: Geographies of gay pride parades (Doctoral thesis). University of Waikato.
  3. ^ Greensill, Angeline Ngahina (2010). Inside the Resource Management Act: A Tainui Case Study (Master's thesis). The University of Waikato.
  4. ^ a b "Robyn Longhurst - Staff Profiles: University of Waikato". www.waikato.ac.nz.
  5. ^ Longhurst, Robyn (1996). Geographies that matter: Pregnant bodies in public places (Doctoral thesis). Waikato Research Commons, University of Waikato. hdl:10289/5644.
  6. ^ "Prof Robyn Longhurst - Envisage". envisagemyfuture.com.
  7. ^ "Two New Zealanders to be honoured by the International Geographical Union". Royal Society Te Apārangi.
  8. ^ simon.collins@nzherald.co.nz, Simon Collins Education reporter, NZ Herald (14 June 2019). "Drug dealers turn entrepreneurs in Waikato University course at Auckland women's prison". NZ Herald – via www.nzherald.co.nz.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "SunLive - UoW giving female inmates learning opportunities - The Bay's News First". www.sunlive.co.nz.
  10. ^ "University of Waikato O-Week moves forward a week and has own beer". Stuff. 16 February 2016.
  11. ^ Johnston, Lynda (1998). Body Tourism in Queered Streets: Geographies of gay pride parades (Doctoral thesis). Waikato Research Commons, University of Waikato. hdl:10289/9780.
  12. ^ "Centenary cohort of Fellows announced". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 8 January 2021.



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